Table having hinged leaf.



A. HENDRICKS. TABLE HAVING HINGED LEAP. I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25,1909.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

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AUGUSTIN HENDRICKS, or GRAN RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

TABLE HAVING HINGED LEAF.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTIN HENDRICKS, a citizen of the United Statesof America, 3 residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of l Kent andState of Michigan, have invented certain newand useful Improvements inTables Having Hinged Leaves; and I dohereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in tables having hinged leaves andmore particularly to means for supporting the leaves in horizontalposition, and its object is to provide a support or brace which can beeasily and quickly placed in or out of its operative position, butwhich, after being placed in operative position, can not be accidentallydisplaced, and to provide the samewith various new and useful features,hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table having a hinged leaf supportedby a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of aportion of the table with the leaf in horizontal position and supportedby my device; Fig. 3 is an end view of the same as shown in Fig. 2; Fig.4: is a side elevation showing the leaf let down and the brace folded upagainst the under side of the leaf and outof operation; and, Fig. 5 isan enlarged vertical section through the cross bar of the table whichsupports one end of the brace showing details of the brace.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents a table leaf pivotally supported or hinged at 2 in anyconvenient way to the table which comprises legs 3 connected by crossbars 4: and 5. On the under side of the leaf 1 and spaced from the sidewhich is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 25,

hinged to the table is pivotally secured one end of a brace rod 6. Thisrod, when in use,

extends downward at an angle toward the table and is bent at its lowerend to allow it Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

1909. Serial No. 485,792.

to be inserted perpendicularly in an opening 7 only large enough toreceive the end of the rod, provided in the cross bar a. The rod ispointed at its lower end which allows it to be more easily inserted inthe hole 7. Near the pointed end of the rod, an annular groove is outwhich forms shoulders 8 and 9. The shoulder S resting on the outersurface of the bar t and the shoulder 9 coming in contact with the innersurface of the bar 4 in case the leaf 1 should be raised acci dentally.When the brace rod 6 is inserted in the hole 7, the weight of the leafwill force this rod against one side of the hole and the shoulder 8 willrest on the outer surface of the cross bar 4. Should the leaf be raised,the weight of the rod would be sufficient to keep the shoulder 8 incontact with the cross bar 4 until the rod had moved to the oppositeside of. the hole where it would then raise only until the shoulder 9strikes the inner surface of the cross bar at. If the joint 10 should inany way become tight so that the Weight of the rod 6 would not hold theshoulder 9 in cont-act with the outer surface of the bar, the rod wouldswing from the pivot 2 which being directly over the cross bar wouldgive the desired result. The rod moving to the opposite side of the holeand the shoulder 9 catching on the inner surface of the cross bar 4:. Itwould be neces sary to adjust the rod 6 to the center of the hole 7 andthen raise it directly upward in order to remove it from operativeposition, thus overcoming any possibility of accidental displacement.The bend in the rod 6 should be substantially in a plane at right anglesto the line of the bar 4.

What I claim is 1. A table, comprising a frame having a hollow brace barprovided with a circular opening, a hinged leaf, a round brace rodpivoted to the leaf at one end and laterally bent near the other end toenter said opening and also provided with shoulders adapted to engagethe inner and outer surfaces of the bar at the margin of said opening.

2. A table, comprising a frame having a tubular brace bar provided witha circular opening, a leaf pivotally connected to the frame at one end,a brace rod hinged to the leaf at one end and laterally bent near the IIn testimony whereof I aflix my signature other end tolenter saidgpening' aid l241st l havd in presence of two witnesses.

i11 an 11111111 a1 O'IOOVQ etWeen t e en an r 7 said end, Wherehy innerand outer shoulders AUGUS BIN HENDRICkS' are formed on the rod toalternately engage Witnesses:

the inner and outer surfaces of the tubular PALMER A. JONES,

bar at the margin of said opening. L. V. MOULTON.

